Re: MBX860: How to boot with initrd ?

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

In message <19990111114251.006245@smtp.calvacom.fr> you write:
> 
> >You mean ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/gary/redhat/RPMS/ppc/egcs*-1.1*ppc.rpm ?
> >
> >They don't work for me - same result: no problems during compilation,
> >but the kernel hangs.
> >
> >So far the only reliably working version of EGCS for me is the one in
> >linuxppc-R4 :-(
> 
> Almost all the kernels I compile are with this version of egcs without
> any problem... They work just fine. Maybe egcs breaks something specific
> to your machine ? Are you using PReP or PowerMac ?

I've run some verification tests with  above  packages  and  my  home
built  cross  compiler  based  on egcs-1.1.1: the plain MBX860 kernel
boots fine, but it hangs as soon as I  try  to  use  initrd  as  root
device.

So better be careful when you use these new compilers :-(

Wolfgang

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